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and have a bitter, astringent, and even nauseating taste. 



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MANGE: the woodlands of France and northern Europe. 



USES. The wood of this tree is hard, compact, and is used by lathe workers and 

 cabinet makers. It's used to make tables, screws for presses, and handles for tools. It's 

 very much like that of the domestic service tree and the wild pear. A cubic foot weighs 

 twenty-three kilograms. This tree has been used for a long time to decorate parks and 

 large gardens. It creates its best effect there, especially with its many clusters of beautiful 

 red fruit toward the end of summer. Birds, especially blackbirds and thrushes, eagerly go 

 for the fruit. It's said that the Swedes make cider and brandy from it, and that the 

 inhabitants of Kamchatka eat it after sweetening it with jelly. 



The oak-leaf mountain ash, Sorbus hybrida, Linn,, differs from the two preceding 

 trees by its cottony leaves pinnate only at their base. Also, the flower corymbs aren't as 

 wide. Linnaeus and some other botanists saw it as a cross between two other trees. It's 

 used to decorate groves in all seasons. According to Linnaeus the inhabitants of Gothland 

 [Translator's note: a Swedish island in the Baltic Sea] eat its fruit. 



CULTIVATION. The service tree self-propagates in forests. In gardens it's obtained 

 by seed planting, and it's grafted successfully on the hawthorn. The other species are 

 propagated the same way. To benefit from them sooner they can be grafted on the quince, 

 pear, or hawthorn. 



KEY TO PLATES. 



739. Service tree with yellow fruit. 1. Fruit, transverse section. 2. Detached seed. 



740. Service tree with brown fruit. 1 . Fruit, transverse section. 2. Seed. 



741. Mountain ash. 1, Intact fruit. 2, Same, transverse section. 3. Seed. 



742. Oak-leaf mountain ash. 



